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Liverpool: Bolton Wanderers goalkeeper Adam Bogdan led a spirited defensive display as the Championship side earned themselves a fourth round FA Cup replay following a goalless draw at Liverpool on Saturday.
The result left Reds manager Brendan Rodgers with the unwanted headache of another fixture, albeit it is only a short...

London: Brendan Rodgers insisted Saturday Liverpool will not endure another summer of wholesale change as he outlined his intention to keep plenty of experience in his squad.
Captain Steven Gerrard will leave a hole that cannot be easily filled when he joins LA Galaxy at the end of the season and...

London: Swansea City have completed the signing of French striker David Ngog from Bolton Wanderers, the Premier League club said on Monday.
The former Paris St Germain and Liverpool forward has joined Swansea for an undisclosed fee until the end of the season.
"It's a delight for me," Ngog told the Swansea...

Cape Town:South Africa put up one of the boldest fightbacks in Test cricket and then shied away from a chance at history at the end. India enjoyed supremacy over the top team in the world for four out of five days and still nearly fell to a hurtful defeat.
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Cape Town: South Africa fast bowler Dale Steyn was left distressed after being heavily criticised by his own fans for opting against chasing victory in the drawn first Test against India, the team's vicecaptain AB de Villiers said.
The hosts finished eight runs short of a world record target of 458...

Johannesburg: Faf du Plessis and AB de Villiers once again set a perfect platform for South Africa at Wanderers, stitching together 205 runs for the fifth wicket, but they both got out at crucial moments, leaving their team in a quandry to whether go for victory or a draw.
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Johannesburg: The nearhistoric finish between South Africa and India in the first Test on Sunday is likely to be remembered as one of the game's best ever even if the end result was a draw.
What a draw it was! Chasing a huge 458 to win, South Africa came within...

Johannesburg: They came close to record a historic win against India but eventually had to settle for a draw and South African batsman Faf du Plessis' says his team was satisfied with the end result.
Du Plessis' superb knock of 134 runs and his 205run partnership with AB de Villiers had...

Johannesburg: Zaheer Khan on Sunday became the fourth Indian bowler and only the second pacer to take 300 wickets in Test matches.
The 35yearold achieved the milestone when Jacques Kallis, batting at 34, was given leg before wicket by umpire Rod Tucker despite his edging the ball onto his pads at...

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India were still left plenty to do on the final day of the first Test as the hosts finished the fourth day on 138 for 2, still 320 shy of India's target of 458 but still very much having...

Johannesburg: India will take field on day four with their tail up after posting 284 for 2 at stumps on day three with a lead of 320 runs. The bowlers started the day strongly by wiping away the South African tail cheaply and then the Indian batsmen virtually took the...

"My aim is simple: I want to hit a 100 each and every innings I play, it doesn't matter what level, what format, what match". When Cheteshwar Pujara stated that to a newspaper some time earlier this year, he had weighed every word carefully. And any lingering doubts over that...

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Day 2 roundup: Pacers set the stage for India with a magnificent exhibition of swing bowling as South Africa suffered an unexpected collapse on Day 2.
India, resuming with their overnight score of 255 for 5 on Thursday, were bundled out...

Johannesburg: South African batsman Hashim Amla on Friday came in praise of pacer Ishant Sharma, who led a devastating exhibition of seam bowling to bring India back into the first Test, saying he exploited the conditions well.
"He (Ishant) bowled in the right areas, used bounce very well and nipped the...

India 24 for 2 at the Wanderers. Sachin Tendulkar could have stabilised that scorecard, but Dhoni had reminded his team on the eve of the Test match: "Sachin's gone now; we have to move on." And Virat Kohli ensured his captain's advice was followed.
A fifth Test century on a grassy...

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India won the toss and opted to bat, with Zaheer Khan and Ajinkya Rahane making their Test comebacks.
The skimpy twoTest series between India and South Africa may seem harmless to reputations but it is certain to throw up some...

The skimpy twoTest series between India and South Africa may seem harmless to reputations but it is certain to throw up some questions, if not leave irreparable dents on characters, especially when, at the fall of second Indian wicket, there won't be a Sachin Tendulkar walking in anymore.
India haven't...

Johannesburg: Fast bowler Dale Steyn and allrounder Jacques Kallis have recovered from minor injuries to be available for selection for South Africa's first oneday international against India at the Wanderers on Thursday.
Cricket South Africa says Steyn is fit again after a side strain and Kallis' sprained finger has also healed....

The first oneday international of the threematch series between India and South Africa will see the hosts turn up in pink uniform instead of the customary green, Cricket South Africa (CSA) have announced.
The match at the Wanderers on December 5 will be played on a 'Pink Day' in support of...

London: A 125yearold mystery surrounding the scorer of the world's first league goal has ended with the publication of a new book identifying James Kenyon 'Kenny' Davenport of Bolton Wanderers as the man.
The world's first league fixtures took place on September 8, 1888 when the English League began with five...

Chicago: Bolton Wanderers midfielder Stuart Holden's run of bad luck continues after he sprained his right knee early in the United States' 10 win over Panama in the CONCACAF Gold Cup final.
US coach Jurgen Klinsmann said after the match Sunday that Holden's latest injury appears to be "very serious."
Holden, who...

London: Wolverhampton Wanderers chairman Steve Morgan apologised to the fans on Saturday after the club was relegated to the third tier of English soccer for the first time since 1989.
Wolves lost 20 at Brighton and Hove Albion to finish second from bottom of the Championship, twelve months after they dropped...

New Delhi: Six books including "River of Smoke" by Amitav Ghosh, "Narcopolis" by Jeet Thayil and "The Wandering" by Pakistanbased author Jamil Ahmad, have been shortlisted for the DSC South Asian Literature Prize 2013.
The list, announced in a gala at the Mayfair Hotel in London, it includes six writers ...

Bolton: Bolton midfielder Fabrice Muamba retired from football on Wednesday after suffering an onfield cardiac arrest in March during an FA Cup quarterfinal against Tottenham at White Hart Lane.
Muamba travelled to Belgium last week to seek further medical advice from a cardiologist after consultations in Britain and Europe, and has...

Johannesburg: It may appear an insignificant oneoff Twenty20 international, but Friday's match at The Wanderers presents top players from India and South Africa an opportunity to oil themselves before the fifth season of the Indian Premier League (IPL) begins in less than a week's time.
India have travelled all the way...